I have been on depression medication for about 3 months now. The medication I am on is called Cipralex. I was REALLY happy for the last 2 weeks but I wanted to know if I was NATURALLY happy (like if I have overcome depression) or if it was the medication. So I didn't take it for 2 days and I just died! I had nausea, headaches, diarrhea, and I was so depressed. What is wrong with me? Am I addicted to the drug or am I just depressed still?
2007-09-23 11:51:11 · 4 answers · asked by Tim Buck 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
don't use drugs.
hugs not drugs.
um......
that medication must have some bad side-effects.
2007-09-23 16:46:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should consult your physician... stopping any pharmacutical medication mid-stream is highly dangerous. Ususally, it's something a physician should slowly ween you off of, incrementally and gradually, particularly if you have been on the medication for a prolong period. The ill-affects that you experiencesd are from the drastic halt of the medication, not the depression, because your physilology has adapted to the presence of the chemicals in the medication. When these chemicals were suddenly severed, then it produced violent "chemical withdrawals". You need to consult the physician or psychiatrist who put you on the medication to properly withdraw from the medication, if that is his recommendation.
2007-09-23 12:08:42 · answer #2 · answered by . 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure sounds like addiction tooh mee. *I* don't use those drugs, so I'm depressed ALL the time! :| I'd druther have a natural happiness, than a fake one.
~Cindy! :)
2007-09-23 11:57:15 · answer #3 · answered by ♛ CindyBradyTooh ♛ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FOLLOW DOCTOR'S INSTRUCTIONS!!! many people have died or became worse bcause of just doing that....
2007-09-23 18:03:18 · answer #4 · answered by Mike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋